Luster Bowl with Antelope
1000s
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Luster Bowl with Antelope, 1000s. Egypt, Fustat (Old Cairo), Fatimid period (909–1171). Earthenware with luster-painted design; diameter: 25.4 cm (10 in.); overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.476 The luster technique was transmitted by Iraqi potters to the Fatimid court in Cairo.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- earthenware with luster-painted design
- Medium
- earthenware, luster-painted, design
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.476
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, For Modern America from the Ancient Near East, Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation), <em>The Arts of Islam</em>. The Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (April 8-July 4, 1976).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 116 Islamic
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